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Okay FOR THE PLAYERS! Your roles will be sent to you via PM. I will verify that there is at least one pro-town role (like an Inquisitor or Doctor) and that there are two Genestealers in your midst one of whom might be a Magus. There may also be a "loose cannon" role of Assassin and/or Night Lord... or there may not. Basically, you cannot assume anything.

Rules

Votes

1) Votes must be in bold, if you do not bold your vote it will not be counted. This is a good vote - Vote: Gwar! this is a not good vote - Vote:Gwar!.

2) You must Unvote in the same manner.

3) Lynching will require a simple majority of votes. Once a player has reached the necessary majority, their pleas are useless and any attempts to unvote will be unheeded. Thus, as soon as any player has a majority vote that player will be lynched and all subsequent voting does not count. Feel free to post other thoughts while waiting for the lynch scene if you desire. With 7 alive 4 votes are required to lynch. With 3 alive, 2 votes would be required. Ect. ect.

4) You may vote: no lynch. If No Lynch is the majority votes at any time then the day will end with no lynch and move on to the night phase.

5) Vote counts will be tabulated and posted by me at semi-regular intervals or when requested.


Deadlines

1) I will be enforcing a fixed two week Day Phase deadline. All Night Phases have a 48 hour deadline. Deadlines will be counted from the Moderator (my) story posts that will initiate each day and night phase.

2) If you have a night choice to make, it is due by the posted deadline. I will not wait for you. If you do not submit a choice to me then nothing will happen... at all... not even a little bit.


Posting

1) The game is not to be discussed outside the thread unless your role specifically states that you may do so – and then only during Night Phase. Honor system is in effect.

2) Once your death scene has been posted, you’re dead. Stop typing. A single “Bah, you fools!” type post is allowable, but no more please. Do NOT provide meaningful information during your death post. AKA No "voices from the grave"

3) No small or invisible text. Don’t edit/delete previously submitted posts either. Secret codes worked into your regular text are allowable. Going back and editing a post may be grounds for disqualification from the game based on my whim.

4) Don’t quote any PMs from me. If you do, I will be most unhappy. Do not metagame by using any part of role PMs to figure out what roles others may or may not have (i.e. 'everyone post the third letter from the second line of their role PM') Any such metagame activity will result in a modkill (in other words, I'll declare you dead and the game will move to the next phase)

5) If you anticipate being unavailable for more than 2 days, please post a notice to that effect in the thread. Treat this game as a commitment. Be considerate – don’t leave us hanging.

6) Game Mods are human (allegedly), if I make a mistake please PM me I will rectify the mistake as soon as I can.

7) Please bold anything you want me to see.. Also, please try to avoid bolding anything else to ensure I DO see the ones I need to.

Prods aka 'That guy hasn't posted in a while'

1)A player will get prodded if they have been inactive for two real life days.

2)Weekends count as one day. (ie If your last post is on a Thursday you will not be prodded till the Monday following)

3) If you do not pick up your prod/post in game within 24 hours of it being sent I will remove you.

4) Please post in game if you are going to be unavailable for more than 48 hours.

Misc

Remember, it’s a game and it’s supposed to be fun. Be nice to your fellow players.

If you have a problem in game please PM me to discuss it.

The rules can and will be edited at any point if I deem it necessary.

Breaking the rules can be bad for your health, I reserve the right to modkill for serious/repeated naughtiness.

Story Post to follow this post - and role PMs will be sent out momentarily as well.

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DAY 1: STORY POST
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The constant "drip, drip, drip" of the thousands of leaks alone is enough to drive any man insane. It never stops... day or night, no matter what part of the facility you try to find refuge in. That's only one of the hardships you must deal with living in a rusty mining dome at the bottom of an ocean of some far-flung, forgotten planet. You don't even know what the stuff you're mining is used for. "It can't be that important as the shuttles to pick it up and deliver new supplies are always weeks late.", you muse. The shuttle you are currently waiting for is even more late than normal, meaning many luxuries such as pain killers for the constant pressure-headaches are running in short supply. If you weren't so deep and could get a radio signal to the surface, you might complain to someone... not that they would listen. However, inside this slowly rusting bubble, you are completely cut off from the rest of the galaxy, as the Imperium would hate to see some of the "precious" metal you've been breaking your back to dig up disappear on the black market. Hopefully, you haven't gotten lost in the paperwork bureaucracy of the Imperium and the shuttle is still actually coming. You can only sit and wait... and wonder if you're going to starve to death in this underwater tomb because some paper pusher misfiled some meaningless requisition form.

As you sit there, secretly hoping the Tau will come conquer the planet, an alarm starts blaring over the loudspeakers, signaling everyone to report to the messhall. You hurry to the messhall, and as you enter the room, you notice twelve other people coming in from the different doorways. You begin to wonder what is taking the other half of the crew so long when you look at one of the many display screens lining the walls. It flashes red, and shows that the other residence wing of the facility is flooded! While your initial assumption is that the hull in that part of the dome simply failed, a quick glance at the screen shows somehing much more sinister... one of the exterior access points for shuttle docking is actually open, allowing seawater to flood the hallways and trap anyone in that section of the dome to their rooms. You try to access the main facility controls which would allow you to close the bulkhead door and drain the water, freeing any survivors in that wing, but quickly find that you all seem to be locked out of the system. Only two individuals working in concert could sabatoge the facility in this way. You look around the room and realize that two of the people in this very room with you want you dead. And you realize they've already killed half of the crew... the victims just don't know it yet. They will run out of oxygen in their rooms within a matter of hours, and there is nothing you can do to stop it. You are too busy trying to figure out how you are going to survive this underwater nightmare...

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Day 1 has begun! Post, murder, and lynch at will!

Man, it's a good job I don't have A CRUSHING FEAR OF DROWNING!

Oh Emperor, has anyone seen my wife? She's about 3 feet tall, inflatable? Oh man, I left her in the waterlogged area! My pornography! Why God Emperor, WHY?!

Greetings,

i doth return from my travels and am tired and have strained my limited people interactions skills to their limit already. Thus I shalt make this quick.

Vote: Drk_Oblit

Anyone who has ever experienced an interaction with him for more then thirty seconds will understand why this needs to be done. Plus, he is an obvious traitor. Plus I always have to abbreviate his name because I find it obnoxious to type.

@BishopGore - how come you didn't open up your greeting with a vote (as exciting as the discussion of porn was)?

((ooc Do we have a list of other players?

This is the one given in the sign up thread - is it correct?

1. Thor
2. DDRE
3. Lord-Loss
4. Mekboy
5. Fifty
6. Vulkan_Hestan
7. Arnheiner
8. BishopGore
9. Brother Stynier
10. Drk_Oblit
11. Shas O'vera
12. Ferret
13. Not U))

Well well well...

Here we all are. Underwater. Marvellous.

I vote for Deff Dredd Red Edition. It didn't work for me last time, but who knows, maybe it will this time!

"Great, this is just great..." I say taking a seat in the mess hall, lighting up a Iho-stick as per habbit. I glance around at the others, we've all given each other a hard time this rotation. "Man my tour with the PDF was about done, I was about to get off this rock. Had a job lined up with a Rouge Trader."

I remove my helmet and place it upon the table before me, then run a hand through my hair, shaking my head once more.

"I VOTE:Thor."

And here I thought you and I had made friends on the long bathysphere ride down here, ah well, suspect me if you must Fifty.

Anyway, Vote: BishopGore he seems overly intent on recovering such...risque items at a time like this.

Going...Crazy...Need...Oxygen

Vote: Fifty since I saw him play with some switches earlier

Vote Count:

1- Thor..................(Brother Stynier)
1- DDRE.................(Fifty)
0- Lord-Loss
0- Mekboy
1- Fifty...................(Arheiner)
0- Vulkan_Hestan
0- Arheiner
1- BishopGore.........(DDRE)
0- Brother Stynier
1- Drk_Oblit............(Thor)
0- Shas O'vera
0- Ferret
0- Not U

Why would one open with a vote? I don't even know who any of you are yet.

Maybe I take the RP aspect of this game a trifle seriously...

Vote: Vulkan_Hestan

There's an odd smell in the air, it's engine oil, and we all know the Salamanders burn things >.>

(OOC) Voting straight out the door is a good way to get conversation going generally.

Random votes at the start of the game help us assess how people react, to said votes. Then again I suspect you really need not be told this.

I know that intro votes help us assess, but I didn't see that it mattered whether I opened with a vote or not is all I was saying.

Vote: bishop gore

I'll pretend I didn't see that

(PS I know you're not allowed to edit posts, but hopefully I'll be let off from this one)

Vulkan_He'stan wrote:psst I disn't get a role PM

Gornall, this is in breach of the rules isn't it?

Ok, too many of us saw it for me to pretend I didn't >.<

Deff Dread red Edition wrote:Gornall, this is in breach of the rules isn't it?

Gornall's call of course, but the only potential breach is his editing of his post as far as I can tell. There is no rule against implying you are a given role (or even claiming it as such)

Generally everyone in this game is acting like they're a regular innocent because either they're;
Genestealers - and want people to think they're innocent
Power Roles - and want the Genestealers to think they're regular townies
or regular townies - in which case they're regular townies and want to be telling the truth.

That said - IF YOU ARE A REGULAR IMPERIAL CITIZEN - PLEASE DON'T SAY SO UNLESS YOU *HAVE* TO! Every time someone does that it increases the chances of the Genestealers being able to find any hidden operatives (*cough*Inquisitors/Pskers/etal*cough*) amongst us and generally only helps them.

We do not wish to help them.


Now, that said, Gornall may or may not mod quash Vulkan but we can still see what evidence we can get out of this since the "secret" is out.

@BishopGore - why did you want to "not see" Vulkan's comment?
@Vulkan - why did you change your comment to a vote of BishopGore?
@Deff Dread - do you think it is more likely that Vulkan just didn't notice Gornall's method of role PMs or do you think Vulkan is intentionally trying to mislead us?

Vote: Meboy

Mekboy ay? Been messing with the flood doors?!

Edit: Did like five seconds after to fix the /quote to [/b].


EDIT2:For some reason this post completely messed up. :/

Greetings, Lord-Loss. I certainly appreciate your aggressive and early charge out of the gate, but am surprised you did so without feeling a need to comment on anything that has gone before. We actually have some interesting points to consider and discuss already and it's not even page 2 yet - this is a good thing...why waste it?

@Lord-Loss - how do you feel about me clearly trying to control the way the conversation of the game is going? Do you think this will help or hinder town, and why is that?

OOC: It's 3am.

I guess you're just trying to get discussion started. Having a pro-town control the conversation could turn out bad if the pro-town is night killed, or he turns out to be scum. I'll get more suspicous if you keep trying to control the conversation once discussion has got going but I can't see anything bad from it now.

3AM? You, sir, are a masochist. Then again I often do the same so.... In any case, the following is for you after a night's rest;

Lord-Loss wrote:I guess you're just trying to get discussion started. Having a pro-town control the conversation could turn out bad if the pro-town is night killed, or he turns out to be scum.

Exactly correct on the conversation part. Having people express their opinions about other players and the actions other players perform is key to a town victory. I will agree that if we have only a single "leader" (using the term very loosely) of the town that it is bad for town if that "leader" is either nightkilled or is a Genestealer.

I'll get more suspicous if you keep trying to control the conversation once discussion has got going but I can't see anything bad from it now.

Here you show suspicion about the concept of someone trying to control conversation. Though I always admit to trying to control conversation, I will note that what I try to control is that people keep talking and keep explaining themselves. If I keep doing this throughout the game (I will) will you find this suspicious? If so, what about this stated course of action will you find suspicious? If you do not find this stated concept suspicious then it suggests you see some aspect of control in my posts other then what I have claimed I do - what is this aspect you see in me that makes you potentially uneasy if I continue in my current course?

Mod note: Keep edits to a minimum. If you have to make an edit do an "Edit: I screwed this up and fixed it by doing this." at the end of your post.

I make no comment on Vulkan's statement other than his vote currently doesn't count as it stands. You can either interpret his not getting modkilled as proof that he's lying... or proof that I'm a benevolent mod... Up to you guys.

Vote Count:

1- Thor..................(Brother Stynier)
1- DDRE.................(Fifty)
0- Lord-Loss
1- Mekboy..............(Lord Loss)
1- Fifty...................(Arheiner)
1- Vulkan_Hestan....(Bishop Gore)
0- Arheiner
1- BishopGore.........(DDRE)
0- Brother Stynier
1- Drk_Oblit............(Thor)
0- Shas O'vera
0- Ferret
0- Not U

With 13 Alive it takes 7 to lynch.

Thor665 wrote:Greetings,

i doth return from my travels and am tired and have strained my limited people interactions skills to their limit already. Thus I shalt make this quick.

Vote: Drk_Oblit

Anyone who has ever experienced an interaction with him for more then thirty seconds will understand why this needs to be done. Plus, he is an obvious traitor. Plus I always have to abbreviate his name because I find it obnoxious to type.

@BishopGore - how come you didn't open up your greeting with a vote (as exciting as the discussion of porn was)?

*clears throat* Greetings,

I fully beleive your opinion of me is unjust. I don't speak for any longer than 29 seconds, as I have usually finished stating my point and justified it.

If you find my name obnoxious to type, you should try saying it. If it pleases you, I will let you call me Derek. It rolls off the toung better.

For the moment though, I shall not vote:Thor because I don't feel justified in doing so. As it stands, I do not have a good reason to do so. So I will not.

@Deff Dread - do you think it is more likely that Vulkan just didn't notice Gornall's method of role PMs or do you think Vulkan is intentionally trying to mislead us?

At the moment I'm not overly sure. Considering his actions in previous games, he could very well have forgotten. On the other hand, he could be using said information to be a crafty genestealer. In all honesty I find it a bit strange that he didn't see the rules on the PMs as they were rather clearly stated in the sign up thread. Then again, he could simply have not seen them. Either way, I find him a person of interest.

He in fact is someone I now consider to be a genestealer. You see, I like to build genestealer pairings early(most of us have our theories already, I'm sure). Vulkan and BishopGore are now chief suspects in my mind. BishopGore for rather quickly voting after somebody called him on not doing so and trying to 'forget' what I consider useful information. Vulkan is suspect, simply because of the way he entered the game, after having been called on saying he did not receive PM, he immediately then instead of defending himself on the matter, voted for BishopGore. Which I find strange as both of them are voting for each other.

Multi-tasking, fun fun!

I do wonder why Vulkan is always seemingly guilty. In _most_ other games I've seen him in, he's been nailed to the wall early.

Deff Dread, It's commendible for you to try and reach a logical explanation behind Vulkans actions. However, I see finding it to be as likely as me giving a long winded speech. I'm sure you can imagine it's not very likely. By not very likely, I mean almost close to impossible. By close to impossible, I mean impossible for any other explanation than a simple "mistake".

I could say I have my theories about who is who, and what is what, but I do not say anything that is purely ficticious. There is one thing that is bugging me so far...

Vulkan, why are you voting for BishopGore? You're post is, and I quote

Vulkan_He'stan wrote:Vote: bishop gore

This is all I have heard from you, straight from the horses mouth, so to speak. *kneels down next to Vulkan, puts my hand on his shoulder* So, can you explain this to me, little buddy?

On an unrelated side note, I will not recognise quoted speech as evidence, unless you state where it's from, as it is easily forged. Here's an example I make purely in jest.

Thor665 wrote:Greetings,

I am a Genestealer.

Rawr.

As far as I can remember, Thor has never said anything of the sort. Yet, some of the more, "special", of us would be..

SPESHUL_GAI wrote: GRRRR THOR SAID HE WAS GENESTEALER, HURRR
VOTE:THOR

So be cool, and use references. Like this...

Thor665 wrote:Greetings,

I am a Genestealer.

Rawr.

So remember, be cool

At least we don't have the silly pictures to go with it this time...

Heh, yeah, that was a stupid thing to say. I can't talk about other games, so it's possibly because at some point he was in a situation where he's about to be lynched and I didn't want him modkilled in this one too.

But it's all ok now.

This is my second game of Mafia, the first being one that has not ended yet and I'm still learning. Different people have different ways of playing and I guess I thought I'd try to fit in a little, forgetting that trying to fit in looks suspicious.

So I shall stop trying to fit in and be contrary, thus looking more suspicious, yet hopefully with style.

As for the pairing with Vulkan, that makes me laugh.

@Drk_Oblitr8r - how do you link a quote? Do you just put the URL code around Quote code, or is it something different?

OOC: I'm going to try a very very different and agressive tactic than normal.
*hopes for protown psyker*

IC:
A nearby door bursts open and a figure in a big dark coat walks in with an expresion of disgust apon his face. The Aquila shone brightly on his armour as well as the symbol of the Inquisition.
"We have had reports of aparent heresy in this region therefore you are all under investigation. I have chosen to be more out in the open than most other Inquisitors have simply because the Emperor will not allow harm to come upon someone who spreads his will and I consider that method to be used by cowards. I am the Inquisitor, and you are all guilty until such a time as I suspect you of innocence".

BishopGore wrote:Man, it's a good job I don't have A CRUSHING FEAR OF DROWNING!

Oh Emperor, has anyone seen my wife? She's about 3 feet tall, inflatable? Oh man, I left her in the waterlogged area! My pornography! Why God Emperor, WHY?!

*monicle drops*

"This sounds a lot like heresy to me, explain why I shouldn't execute you on the spot?"
Vote: Bishop
Edit: put in same sentence twice DUUUUURRRP